Nov 15th, 2008 · Albuquerque, N.M., is no different from any other American city, in terms of its religious life. But an abandoned gas station along old Route 66 serves as the unlikely home for another kind of Sunday-morning service. The Church of Beethoven is an offbeat venue that mixes religion and classical music.
Oct 16th, 2008 · The indestructible pop star (who proved decidedly destructible as an actress) makes her directorial debut. Mark Jenkins says that for an offbeat sex comedy about alt-culture love and larceny, it's surprisingly middlebrow.
Nov 9th, 2007 · Josh Brolin, who plays laconic Llewelyn Moss in the much-praised new Coen Brothers thriller No Country for Old Men, talks about his appetite for surprising characters and working with the filmmaking brothers.
Oct 19th, 2007 · Countertenor David Daniels takes the brilliant title role in Julius Caesar, Handel's slightly offbeat take on Roman history, from Houston Grand Opera.
May 29th, 2007 · Singer Perry Farrell and his new band, Satellite Party, have taken up a noble cause. They aim to save the world, but the way they plan to do it is a little offbeat. They plan to meet their lofty goal by throwing parties.
Apr 27th, 2007 · With her famed Berkeley, Calif., restaurant, Alice Waters helped give rise to a new cuisine based on locally grown, seasonal ingredients. Waters and her biographer look back at her offbeat and memorable eatery, Chez Panisse.
Mar 29th, 2007 · This year, the New Hampshire motto, "Live Free or Die," makes its appearance in the title of two movies. One is an offbeat comedy about a would-be criminal who struggles to escape the dreariness of his northern New Hampshire town. The other is the fourth Die Hard film.
Feb 23rd, 2007 · Tufts University is trying to spot the future leaders in its vast pool of applicants by assigning optional essays on offbeat topics. Other colleges are doubtful of the experiment, but watching with interest.